Essentially though, a network-centric organization is more about people and culture than technology.

A network-centric organization is a network governance pattern emerging in many progressive 21st century enterprises.

Network-centric organizations enact governance systems that manage these ongoing transformations.

A network-centric organization is both a sensible response to a complex environment and an enactor of sensibility on that environment.

Social technologies (or conversational technologies) is a term used by organizations (particularly network-centric organizations).

Network-centric organizations locate the partitioning of work activities in the self-direction of individuals and work groups, rather than in the hierarchy.

A network-centric organization will also have an increased need and reliance on data sensing, analysis, and closed-loop action driven by repeated application of "sense-and-respond" cycle.